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Where ever there is a Q there is a U too (But this is violated by some words; see:List of English words containing Q not followed by U) Letters of specific syllables in a word. BELIEVE; Do not believe a lie. SECRETARY; A secretary must keep a secret. TEACHER; There is an ache in every teacher. MEASUREMENT
The number 1 in baseball refers to the pitcher's position, a shorthand call for throwing to first, a single hit, and a fastball sign. 1-2-3 inning An inning in which a pitcher faces only three batters and none safely reaches a base. "Three up, three down." 1-2-3 double play
Loser, made by extending the thumb and forefinger to resemble the shape of an L on the forehead is an insulting gesture. Mano pantea, which is a traditional way to ward off the evil eye, is made by raising the right hand with the palm out and folding the pinky and ring finger. An amulet was found in Pompeii.
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties, and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.
First serve: The first of the two attempts to serve that a player is allowed at the beginning of a point. A let serve that lands inbounds does not count as a serve. Five: Number of games completed (e.g. "7–5" is spoken as "seven–five"), or a spoken abbreviation of "15" in points (e.g. a score of 40–15 is sometimes spoken as "forty–five").
List of file signatures. This is a list of file signatures, data used to identify or verify the content of a file. Such signatures are also known as magic numbers or Magic Bytes. Many file formats are not intended to be read as text. If such a file is accidentally viewed as a text file, its contents will be unintelligible.
Loser (hand gesture) Child making the loser gesture. The Loser is a hand gesture made by extending the right thumb and index fingers, leaving the other fingers closed to create the letter L, interpreted as "loser", and generally given as a demeaning sign. [1] Sometimes this is accompanied by raising the hand to the giver's forehead.
Lusers, Fair Share = 2%. Before the popularization of the Internet in the 1990s, Internet slang defined a luser (sometimes expanded to local user; also luzer or luzzer) as a painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating computer user. [1] The word is a blend of "loser" and "user". [2] Among hackers, the word luser takes on a broad meaning ...